Education

• Ph.D. Agricultural Economics, Technical University of Munich
• M.Sc. Sustainable Resource Management, Technical University of Munich
• B.A. Modern languages, cultures and economics, Justus Liebig University Gießen

Research areas

• Environmental, production and natural resource economics of farming
• Ecological economics
• Economic impact analysis of agricultural policies
• Agri-environmental behaviour on farm-level

Research projects

• EFFECT Environmental public goods From Farming through Effective Contract Targeting (EU H2020 Project)
• Evaluation of agri-environment measures of the Bavarian Rural Development Program (EPLR) 2014-2020
• Evaluation of the Bavarian Future Programme Agriculture and Rural areas 2007-2013

Teaching activities

• Advanced Environmental and Natural Resource Economics (M.Sc.)
• Introduction to Resource Economics (B.Sc.)
• Climate Change Economics (M.Sc.)
• Production Economics and Management (M.Sc.)
• Agrarian Operating and Production Systems (B.Sc.)
• Analysis and Development of Agricultural Holdings (M.Sc.)
• Econometric Impact Analysis (M.Sc.)

Publications

• Mennig, P. (2024). A never-ending story of reforms: on the wicked nature of the Common Agricultural Policy. npj Sustainable Agriculture, 2, 20.
• Zhou, J.; Mennig, P.; Zhou, D.; Sauer, J. (2024). Shadow prices of agrochemicals in the Chinese farming sector: A convex expectile regression approach. Journal of Environmental Management. Forthcoming.
• Ait Sidhoum, A.; Mennig, P.; Frick, F. (2024). Assessing the impact of agri-environmental payments on green productivity in Germany. Ecological Economics, Forthcoming.
• Canessa, C., Venus, T. E., Wiesmeier, M., Mennig, P., Sauer, J. (2023). Incentives, Rewards or Both in Payments for Ecosystem Services: Drawing a Link Between Farmers' Preferences and Biodiversity Levels. Ecological Economics, 2013, 107954.
• Mennig, P., Sauer, J. (2023). Revisiting the impact of decoupled subsidies on farm performance: a counterfactual analysis using microdata. Applied Economics. Forthcoming.
• Ait Sidhoum, A., Mennig, P., Sauer, J. (2023). Do agri-environment measures help improve environmental and economic efficiency? Evidence from Bavarian dairy farmers. European Review of Agricultural Economics, 50(3), 918-953.
• Mennig, P., Sauer, J. (2022). Promoting organic food production through flagship regions. Q Open, 2(1), 1-31.
• Tzemi, D., Mennig, P. (2022). Effect of agri-environment schemes (2007–2014) on groundwater quality; spatial analysis in Bavaria, Germany. Journal of Rural Studies, 91, 136-147.
• Stetter, C., Mennig, P., Sauer, J. (2022). Using Machine Learning to Identify Heterogeneous Impacts of Agri-Environment Schemes in the EU: A Case Study. European Review Of Agricultural Economics, 49(4), 723-759.
• Sauer, J., Chancellor, W., Mennig, P., Antón, J. (2021). Dynamics of farm performance and policy impacts: Case studies. OECD Food, Agriculture and Fisheries Papers, No. 165. OECD Publishing, Paris.
• Mennig, P., Sauer, J. (2020). The impact of agri-environment schemes on farm productivity: a DID-matching approach. European Review of Agricultural Economics. 47(3), 1045-1093.
• Mennig, P., Sauer, J. (2019). Integration von Ökologie und Bioökonomie am Beispiel von Agrarumweltmaßnahmen. In Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften (Hrsg.), Ökologie und Bioökonomie - Neue Konzepte zur umweltverträglichen Nutzung natürlicher Ressourcen (17-30). München: Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil.
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